Database Schaap » Aart "Aad" Vermeulen (1937-2010)

Day of marriage March 16, 1962

• The temperature on March 16, 1962 was between -5.7 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
  • August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
  • August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
  • November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
  • December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

Day of death December 14, 2010

• The temperature on December 14, 2010 was between -5.9 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 20 » In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
  • February 23 » Unknown criminals pour more than 2​⁄₂ million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
  • May 5 » Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
  • July 23 » English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
  • August 5 » Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
  • August 24 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Day of cremation December 20, 2010

• The temperature on December 20, 2010 was between -11.1 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -7.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 20 » In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
  • April 14 » Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
  • June 13 » A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
  • June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
  • August 5 » The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300ft (700m) below the ground for 69 days.
  • August 8 » China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2009 » Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 2010 » Dale Roberts, English footballer (b. 1986)
• 2010 » Neva Patterson, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2010 » Timothy Davlin, American politician, Mayor of Springfield (b. 1957)
• 2011 » Billie Jo Spears, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2011 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (b. 1913)